Custom Calling Features

CUSTOM FEATURES. United Telephone of Florida is offering free installation of custom calling features to Altamonte Springs customers whose telephone numbers begin with 831 or 834. The customers are getting a price break through Jan. 31. A new digital switch recently went into effect that provides call forwarding, call waiting, speed dialing and three-way calling.

TALLAHASSEE - As the clock ticks down on this year's session of the Legislature, so do the odds that residents will see their telephone bills go up this year.A controversial measure that could increase monthly telephone rates 6 percent a year for most telephone customers has sat idle in the House for two weeks, and the Legislature is set to adjourn by Friday.If lawmakers fail to pass a bill that lets telephone companies make more money on providing local telephone service to residents, it could be one of the major business defeats for this session.

United Telephone of Florida customers in certain Lake County areas can save $11 by having Custom Calling features installed during a current waiver period.The installation waiver continues through Nov. 30, according to Joyce Sanders, customer relations manager.Customers in Leesburg, whose telephone numbers begin with 326, 365, 728, 787 and 844; in Eustis with 483 and 589 prefixies; in Howey-in-the-Hills with 324; in Lady Lake with 753 and 821; in Tavares with 742 and 343 and Mount with 383 and 735 are all eligible for free Custom Calling features installation.

United Telephone Company of Florida will spend an estimated $36.3 million this year on construction and service improvements in the Winter Garden District, which includes Osceola and part of Orange County.More than $12 million will be spent in the Kissimmee-St. Cloud area, according to Buddy Brunker, customer relations manager.United will install state-of-the-art remote digital call-switching equipment that provides custom calling features and other specialized services, as well as hi-tech fiber optic cables in both counties, said Brunker.

Phone customers in Mount Dora, Leesburg, Lady Lake, Eustis and Weirsdale now can sign up for United Telephone Co.'s advanced custom calling features without having to pay the $11 connection fee. The offer is good through Feb. 28. The deal is good for customers whose number begins with 383, 753, 589, 821, 787, 326 or 728. Custom features are call waiting, call forwarding, speed dialing and conference calling.

United Telephone System is offering advanced custom calling features to about 17,000 customers in the Leesburg area without charging a connection fee. The offer is good through Oct. 17 for residents with telephone numbers beginning 326, 728 and 787, said Brant Bittner, company spokesman. United Telephone will offer call waiting, call forwarding, speed dialing and conference calling to those Leesburg area customers.Customers can have one or all four of the calling features without having to pay the normal $11 installation charge.

United Telephone Company of Florida will spend an estimated $36.3 million this year on construction and service improvements in the Winter Garden District, which includes Osceola and part of Orange County.More than $12 million will be spent in the Kissimmee-St. Cloud area, according to Buddy Brunker, customer relations manager.United will install state-of-the-art remote digital call-switching equipment that provides custom calling features and other specialized services, as well as hi-tech fiber optic cables in both counties, said Brunker.

United Telephone Co. customers in Tavares will just have to hold on until 1989 to have custom-calling features within their reach, according to a company representative.That's not what city council members wanted to hear this week when they asked representative Joyce C. Sanders to tell them when Tavares customers could expect telephone features like call-waiting and call-fowarding, already available in many Lake County cities.However, Sanders said the additional features are part of a $2.8 million project that is scheduled for 1989.

United Telephone of Florida customers in certain Lake County areas can save $11 by having Custom Calling features installed during a current waiver period.The installation waiver continues through Nov. 30, according to Joyce Sanders, customer relations manager.Customers in Leesburg, whose telephone numbers begin with 326, 365, 728, 787 and 844; in Eustis with 483 and 589 prefixes; in Howey-in-the-Hills with 324; in Lady Lake with 753 and 821; in Tavares with 742 and 343 and Mount with 383 and 735 are all eligible for free Custom Calling features installation.

UNITED TELEPHONE of Florida (UTF) customers in the Astor area are about to have the latest in telephone technology at their fingertips when a state-of-the-art digital call switching device is put in place effective today .After the switching system is functional 1,071 customers whose telephone numbers begin with 759 will be able to order custom calling features.Custom calling features will be available through the digital call switching system station, such as call forwarding, speed calling, call waiting and three-way calling.

CUSTOM FEATURES. United Telephone of Florida is offering free installation of custom calling features to Altamonte Springs customers whose telephone numbers begin with 831 or 834. The customers are getting a price break through Jan. 31. A new digital switch recently went into effect that provides call forwarding, call waiting, speed dialing and three-way calling.

United Telephone Co. customers in Tavares will just have to hold on until 1989 to have custom-calling features within their reach, according to a company representative.That's not what city council members wanted to hear this week when they asked representative Joyce C. Sanders to tell them when Tavares customers could expect telephone features like call-waiting and call-fowarding, already available in many Lake County cities.However, Sanders said the additional features are part of a $2.8 million project that is scheduled for 1989.